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    Unable to reach VPN server in two-router setting

    Thanks for your input. Yes, my setup has a secondary router with a VPN server behind a primary router that connects to the ISP. It really does not seem to matter which type of VPN. Both PPTP and OpenVPN (yes, I am forwarding UDP) work from from inside the network, neither does from outside...
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    Unable to reach VPN server in two-router setting

    Thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunately it does not work, the server still does not reply.
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    Unable to reach VPN server in two-router setting

    Colin, thanks for this, you just saved me from wasting a lot more effort. I will have to move to a LAN-to-WAN connection among the routers. I presume that I will end up with another subnet (say 192.168.1.x) for Router 2. Perhaps you can answer another question then. In that setting, is it...
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    Unable to reach VPN server in two-router setting

    Thanks for your reply. Forgive my ignorance -- is this a limitation of the router or the firmware? I am asking because I can set up a VPN server on a PC or a NAS, neither of which has a WAN interface.
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    Unable to reach VPN server in two-router setting

    I have a VPN server in a two-router setup, and I can't make it work. Router 1 (192.168.0.1) is my main router, connected to my ISP. Router 2 (192.168.0.2) is an Asus RT-N66U with Merlin firmware running a VPN server. The two routers are hooked up LAN to LAN, to avoid having two different...
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